rick curl trained katie ledecky among other stars. >>> two people are dead after an early morning house fire. the flames broke out in what was supposed to be a vacant row home along r street southeast. fox 5's matt ackland has the story. >> reporter: this video tells a story, a fast moving fire ripped through a row home along r street southeast. the home had been boarded up, supposed to be vacant, but it wasn't. two people were inside. side. >> one of the victims was found right at the front door. the other one was in the middle living room of the area. >> reporter: janice harkin lives nearby. she walked home quickly when she heard about the blaze fearing it was her place. >> i just got a call to come home, that my apartment building was on fire, but when i got here, saw it was the next one, but still scary. very scary. >> reporter: ladonna muhammad was surprised when we told her two were found dead inside the home. she says it's been sealed off for at least two years. >> i've never really seen anybody go in and out of that building before at all. >> reporter: officials said from the be